heathlynn 's review for:

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë

4.0

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This book was wildly captivating and I couldn't put it down. I can see how this was controversial when it came out, both how it portrayed the absolute depravity of men and showed a women escaping her abusive spouse to live a single life with their child. The part that lost me was

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the fact that Gilbert assaults and almost kills Fredrick because of a jealous misunderstanding and is ultimately forgiven by him and that this act is never revealed to Helen. I thought this behavior put him on par with the other abusive men in the book because of his rash violence to obtain something he sees as "his"-a woman. I wish this was addressed more and that he suffered any consequences for it.

I can still say enjoy Jane Eyre the most.